The study was designed to access the involvement of Pharmacists towards achieving the goals of Primary Healthcare activities, especially the childhood components within Asaba and its environs. Patients data (children and pregnant women) were obtained from the public health department of Federal Medical Centre, Asaba including the schedule for immunization, types of vaccines at birth, six weeks, ten weeks, fourteen weeks, six months, nine months and their respective route of administration for the complete stimulation of the immune system. The pregnant women registered for tetanus toxoid injection for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th doses to complete tetanus toxoid for life, were also obtained. These data were carefully analyzed to checkmate the contributions and involvement of Pharmacists in immunization/vaccination and other public health activities. Three months data was used for the study. It was observed that the Pharmacists in the health facility play little or no role in the childhood components of Primary Healthcare. Although the vaccines were stored in the central store of the facility, the custodians of the vaccination activity were the nurses in the public health department of the facility. The most frequent administered vaccines among all were oral polio vaccine, followed by pentavalent vaccine, while measles vaccine was the least. For the tetanus toxoid, there was serious non-adherence issues based on the data analyzed. Pharmacists has a key role to play in educating mothers and families on the safety and adverse reactions of vaccines, as well as practical involvement of public health activities to achieve the ultimate goal of primary healthcare, hence proper compliance and reduction of vaccine preventable diseases.

Female sex workers are degraded by society all over the world. Most of them suffered from depression and different sorts of mental disorders are developed among them. To find out the psychiatric disorders among female sex worker seeking medical treatment in a STI/RTI treatment centre run by Non Governmental Organization (NGO), Dhaka. This cross-sectional study was conducted at outdoor treatment centre of an NGO in Dhaka city from January 2019 to December 2019 over a period of one year. Fifty female sex workers were selected for this study. The mean age of the respondents was 33.2 ± 7.9 years within the range of 21 – 47 years. Almost two-thirds of the respondents just completed their primary education and 22.0% of the respondents were illiterate. Maximum respondents were either single or live away from family. Only 32.0% of the respondents lived with their respective husbands. More than half of the respondents had no good relationship with their respective husbands. The average monthly income was 235 US Dollar (USD). Income varied from 47 USD to 588 USD. About 36% of respondents had family members more than 04 persons. Family members varied from 01 to 07. As a sex partner, most of the respondents preferred males and the most preferable route was mouth. 38.0% of the respondents used barrier and 18.0% of the respondents had a selective client. According to DSM-5, Major Depressive Disorders was observed in 62% respondents, Substance/medication-induced psychotic disorder 18%, anti-social personality disorder was observed in 08% respondents and Histrionic personality disorder was observed in 12.0% respondents. The prevalence of Psychiatric morbidities is an under attended problem in Bangladesh. To the author’s best knowledge this is the first psychiatrist approach to female sex workers in Bangladesh .Further large scale extensive studies would be necessary for better visualization of the extent of the issue.

Hydrazones are an important class of biologically active molecules and could be synthesized from various methods. Similarly 2,4-dinitrophenyl hydrazine derivatives of 4-methoxyphenyl propenone chalcones are equally important hydrazones that were synthesized by the coupling of 2,4-dinitrophenyl and the 4-methoxyphenyl propenone chalcones counterparts. The coupling reaction resulted in making non - reactive 4-methoxyphenyl propenone chalcones becoming more reactive by exhibiting antibacterial, antifungal and anti-oxidant activity.